Richard James Bayless

The BAYLESS LAW FIRM

Attorney Richard Bayless is a Managing Partner of The BAYLESS LAW FIRM , a law firm in San Diego , CA. As a lawyer in San Diego , California, attorney Bayless serves San Diego County, as well as clients throughout California.

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Areas of Practice

Admitted to Practice Law

1993 - US District Court, Southern District of California; 1996 - US District Court, District of Hawaii; US Dist. Court, Northern Dist. of CA; US Dist. Court, Eastern Dist. of CA

Education

College

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Dartmouth College, BA, 1984

Law School

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Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, JD, 1990

Graduated

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1990

Professional Memberships

State Bar of California

State Bar of Oregon

San Diego County Bar Association

Biographical Information

Professional Biography - Richard J. Bayless

Mr. Bayless is an AV-rated attorney actively licensed in both California and Oregon. He began his legal career in 1991, and possesses substantial experience in the areas of business, real estate and employment. He has handled a variety of mediations, arbitrations and trials, in addition to managing cases throughout the civil litigation process.

Prior to launching his own firm, Mr. Bayless worked in the San Diego office of one of the largest law firms in the U.S.-- Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney LLP, based in Pittsburgh, PA. Before Buchanan, he was a litigation attorney for Alhadeff & Solar, LLP for seven years, after spending most of the 1990s as a litigation associate for Lorenz Alhadeff Cannon Rose & Parks, LLP in San Diego, CA. At the Lorenz firm, Mr. Bayless worked primarily under M. James Lorenz, who left the firm at the end of 1999 to become a federal judge in San Diego.

Mr. Bayless graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School in 1990. He was admitted as a Dean's Fellowship Scholar, won the Best Oralist award in his first-year appellate advocacy competition, and represented the law school up to the semi-finals in the Albuquerque, NM regional competition for the Moot Court-Mock Trial program in his second year.

Mr. Bayless received his B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College in 1984.

Evidentiary hearing and reversal on appeal for client individual licensee in NASD National Adjudicatory Council proceeding (Atlanta) regarding alleged payola scheme, resulting in dismissal of all claims

Developer representation

Arbitration defense judgment for So. Cal developer in action by homeowners group alleging non-disclosure of Mello-Roos special taxes